Mansau-ansau Part II

Fancy soaking your feet in cool refreshing water??? Friendly fishes swim around your feet... unafraid... pecking on and rubbing against your skin... some gently some roughly.... mostly the feeling... ticklish!!!

On Monday this week I went mansau-ansau to Kg. Luanti, in Ranau of course. Less than 10 minutes drive from my house. Went there coz my mother got a special intensive scheme from Jabatan Perikanan. 10 000 anak-anak ikan she would be getting!!! Majlis perasmian intensif anak-anak ikan untuk pengusaha kolam ikan air tawar dibuat di kampung ini.



And such a cool experience as described above I had there!!! having my feet in the clear steer unpolluted river, I could see fishes dancing and dancing and dancing gracefully around me!!!

Actually back in the good old high school days, I had mansau-ansau here thrice. School activity. BBQ, camping, mandi-manda di sungai hooray-hooray.... outdoor thingy...

Those days this place was not as beautiful, as well cared and conserved as it is today!!!

What a transformation it has now. Long ago, lalang-lalang tinggi merajai padang kampung ini. Sungainya ditagal tapi ikan-ikan tidak kenampakan seperti sekarang.

But now.... Subhanallah.. this place is smashing!!! It is very, very well cared now. And the result??? Kg. Luanti must have gained such profit from this project. Projek ikan sungai tagal turn to be Ranau tourist destination. Brilliant!!! Bravo Kg. Luanti!!!








A rather irritating, infuriating thing took place when my sis, aunt and me lepak2 with the tourist guide there.

A guy who happened to be the chauffeur to the Deputy Minister for Kementerian Pertanian dan Industri Makanan who came to the village to launch the special scheme, threw his unfinished cigarette on the ground, in front of our eyes. In front of everyone in the scene. Still burning and smoking there it laid on the ground - oh I so hate such manner!!! The guide who lepak2 with us took the cigarette - matikan baranya - and threw it in its right place - the dustbin.

Harap2 lelaki pemandu itu bakal mempunyai kesedaran sivik masa mendatang!!! Sungguh tiada adab gayanya!!!

If you are coming to Ranau, put Kg. Luanti on top of the list to be visited!!! Not expensive to get admission. Orang Ranau only RM3, other district I think RM3 also... tourist RM15!!!

And you can choose packages such as bathing in the river and get the fishes peck you, feed the fish and have your hand being sucked at while feeding them, and others I forgot already!! All at different rate but worth it!!!Oh and yeah the guide claimed that being pecked and sucked by the fish while bathing in the river has health benefits such as 'buang angin' from the body!!!



Overall for me the visit was great. Mainly because we got free admission to the place. Thanx abang and pakcik guard.. ponsikou togumu kio!!! Huahuahua.. Mansau-ansau kita!!!! Enjoy the nature... Littering don't ever do it anywehere anytime...

message from mother nature!!!!

hoorayyyy....